Re: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop Limit orders?


From: "NANCY POLCARO" <ZILLAGIRL@msn.com>
Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop Limit orders?
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 20:14:27 -0700

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Thanks Tom-you dont have a chart to go with that do you-(haha) nancy =20
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From: Tom Worley
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 7:25 PM
To: canslim@lists.xmission.com
Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop Limit orders?
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Nancy, a stop order converts to a market order (wherever the market is th=
en). A stop LIMIT order converts to a LIMIT order (again, wherever the ma=
rket is). So if the stop price is hit by a big gap, then the stop order b=
ecomes a market, and naturally executes, altho at a price that may be a r=
eal surprise. A stop LIMIT order, because it now is a LIMIT order, may no=
t execute if the market moved outside of the LIMIT range.
 =20
Example: you find an absolutely perfect, classic, textbook cup and handle=
. Can't find a single thing wrong with either the chart or its fundamenta=
ls, even after exhaustive hours of due diligence (ok, I admit it, I like =
to fantasize).
 =20
You determine that the perfect pivot point is exactly $25.20, so you ente=
r a Buy Stop order at $25.30. Your friend, however, enters a Buy Stop LIM=
IT order at Buy Stop $25.30, LIMIT $26.46 (5% over the pivot). Shortly be=
fore the open, the company announces that it has accepted a cash buyout a=
t $29, and the stock gaps to that price (or higher, or just under) as the=
 shorts immediately cover. Your buy is executed at around $29, and the be=
st you can hope for is to sell at a breakeven, if you are lucky cover tra=
nsaction costs. Your friend's order never executes because of the LIMIT a=
nd is able to simply cancel the order when the news is discovered.
 =20
Exactly the same thing can happen on a Sell Stop / Sell Stop LIMIT order.=
 A stop order means you take what the market gives you, and can be trigge=
red when the volume might have kept you out of the trade entirely. A stop=
 LIMIT order means you may never get an execution, but may have a second =
chance to evaluate the situation, and change the order, or cancel it enti=
rely.
 =20
As one further comment, many firms still will not accept Stop LIMIT order=
s on NASDAQ stocks, especially if they are not very liquid.
 =20
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From: NANCY POLCARO =20
To: canslim =20
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop Limit orders?


which is right?  One says a stop order will always execute somewhere even=
 if it is not at the stop price( this is what I thought) and one says the=
 market can pass through the stop and it will never be executed.  They bo=
th can not be correct.  Advice from the more experienced then I please.  =
Thanks again for the help nancy
 =20
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Forant
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 10:57 AM
To: canslim@lists.xmission.com
Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop Limit orders?
 =20
A stop order, buy or sell will always execute (somewhere). A Stop Limit
order may not if the market blows up through the stop *limit*.

DanF
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From: "david frank" <camelot.homes@charter.net>
To: <canslim@lists.xmission.com>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop Limit orders?


> Warren, the bad thing about a stop order is that it is a secondary orde=
r.
A
> broker doesn't have to execute it, thereby, you don't really have any
> recourse, if it is not executed, although the price of the stock was
within
> your price parameters. If the price of the stock is outside of your sto=
p,
it
> will not execute. dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Warren Keuffel" <wkeuffel@xmission.com>
> To: "CANSLIM list" <canslim@lists.xmission.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 10:55 AM
> Subject: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop Limit orders?
>
>
> > I am curious (yellow) -- sorry, bad joke that will be undersood only =
by
> > those of a certain age, if no one "gets" it I will explain, if asked =
- --
> >
> > anyway, back to the subject -- whether people here have used buy stop
> > limit orders to trigger a purchase if the price of a stock rises abov=
e
> > the limit price. You would need to use this with some sort of manual =
or
> > automatic scan for increased volume to make a good buy on a breakout,
> > but given the volume, seems like a buy stop limit order would help on=
e
> > buy at the pivot point. Or not?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Warren
> >
> >
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<HTML><BODY BGCOLOR=3D"#ffffff" STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;b=
ackground-color:#ffffff; "><DIV>Thanks Tom-you dont have a chart to go wi=
th that do&nbsp;you-(haha) nancy&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <BLOCKQUOT=
E style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDE=
R-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt A=
rial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e=
4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> Tom Worley</DIV> <DIV sty=
le=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 06, 2002 7:25 PM</=
DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> canslim@lists.xmission.co=
m</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CANSLIM] Buy=
 Stop Limit orders?</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.=
2719.2200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE>  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial siz=
e=3D3>Nancy, a stop order converts to a market order (wherever the market=
 is then). A stop LIMIT order converts to a LIMIT order (again, wherever =
the market is). So if the stop price is hit by a big gap, then the stop o=
rder becomes a market, and naturally executes, altho at a price that may =
be a real surprise. A stop LIMIT order, because it now is a LIMIT order, =
may not execute if the market moved outside of the LIMIT range.</FONT></D=
IV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D=
Arial size=3D3>Example: you find an absolutely perfect, classic, textbook=
 cup and handle. Can't find a single thing wrong with either the chart or=
 its fundamentals, even after exhaustive hours of due diligence (ok, I ad=
mit it, I like to fantasize).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D=
3></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>You determine that=
 the perfect pivot point is exactly $25.20, so you enter a Buy Stop order=
 at $25.30. Your friend, however, enters a Buy Stop LIMIT order at Buy St=
op $25.30, LIMIT $26.46 (5% over the pivot). Shortly before the open, the=
 company announces that it has accepted a cash buyout at $29, and the sto=
ck gaps to that price (or higher, or just under) as the shorts immediatel=
y cover. Your buy is executed at around $29, and the best you can hope fo=
r is to sell at a breakeven, if you are lucky cover transaction costs. Yo=
ur friend's order never executes because of the LIMIT and is able to simp=
ly cancel the order when the news is discovered.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT =
face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D=
3>Exactly the same thing can happen on a Sell Stop / Sell Stop LIMIT orde=
r. A stop order means you take what the market gives you, and can be trig=
gered when the volume might have kept you out of the trade entirely. A st=
op LIMIT order means you may never get an execution, but may have a secon=
d chance to evaluate the situation, and change the order, or cancel it en=
tirely.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>=
 <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>As one further comment, many firms stil=
l will not accept Stop LIMIT orders on NASDAQ stocks, especially if they =
are not very liquid.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3></FONT=
>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----=
- -  <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A =
title=3DZILLAGIRL@msn.com href=3D"mailto:ZILLAGIRL@msn.com">NANCY POLCARO=
</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dcanslim@lists.xmission.com href=3D=
"mailto:canslim@lists.xmission.com">canslim</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> =
Friday, September 06, 2002 4:10 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CANSLI=
M] Buy Stop Limit orders?</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>which is right=
?&nbsp; One says&nbsp;a stop order will always execute somewhere even if =
it is not at the stop price( this is what I thought) and one says&nbsp;th=
e market can pass through the stop and it will never be executed.&nbsp; T=
hey both can not be correct.&nbsp; Advice from the more experienced then =
I please.&nbsp; Thanks again for the help nancy</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <=
BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5=
px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FON=
T: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUN=
D: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> Dan Forant</DIV>=
 <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 06, 2002 =
10:57 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> canslim@lists.x=
mission.com</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CA=
NSLIM] Buy Stop Limit orders?</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>A stop order, buy or=
 sell will always execute (somewhere). A Stop Limit<BR>order may not if t=
he market blows up through the stop *limit*.<BR><BR>DanF<BR>----- Origina=
l Message -----<BR>From: "david frank" &lt;camelot.homes@charter.net&gt;<=
BR>To: &lt;canslim@lists.xmission.com&gt;<BR>Sent: Friday, September 06, =
2002 12:53 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop Limit orders?<BR><BR><BR=
>&gt; Warren, the bad thing about a stop order is that it is a secondary =
order.<BR>A<BR>&gt; broker doesn't have to execute it, thereby, you don't=
 really have any<BR>&gt; recourse, if it is not executed, although the pr=
ice of the stock was<BR>within<BR>&gt; your price parameters. If the pric=
e of the stock is outside of your stop,<BR>it<BR>&gt; will not execute. d=
ave<BR>&gt; ----- Original Message -----<BR>&gt; From: "Warren Keuffel" &=
lt;wkeuffel@xmission.com&gt;<BR>&gt; To: "CANSLIM list" &lt;canslim@lists=
.xmission.com&gt;<BR>&gt; Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 10:55 AM<BR>&g=
t; Subject: [CANSLIM] Buy Stop Limit orders?<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;=
 I am curious (yellow) -- sorry, bad joke that will be undersood only by<=
BR>&gt; &gt; those of a certain age, if no one "gets" it I will explain, =
if asked --<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; anyway, back to the subject -- whet=
her people here have used buy stop<BR>&gt; &gt; limit orders to trigger a=
 purchase if the price of a stock rises above<BR>&gt; &gt; the limit pric=
e. You would need to use this with some sort of manual or<BR>&gt; &gt; au=
tomatic scan for increased volume to make a good buy on a breakout,<BR>&g=
t; &gt; but given the volume, seems like a buy stop limit order would hel=
p one<BR>&gt; &gt; buy at the pivot point. Or not?<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &=
gt; Thanks,<BR>&gt; &gt; Warren<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; -<=
BR>&gt; &gt; -To subscribe/unsubscribe, email "majordomo@xmission.com"<BR=
>&gt; &gt; -In the email body, write "subscribe canslim" or<BR>&gt; &gt; =
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